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So many people have heard the word Progesterone being used with reference to infertility treatment, but aren’t really sure about what it is. It is essentially a chemical messenger that the ovaries produce; it’s required to support pregnancy. The corpus luteum of the o...

  Undiagnosed and untreated thyroid disease can be a cause for infertility or even of recurrent miscarriage. The thyroid hormone is crucial for growth and metabolism; since it regulates cellular function, any abnormality in it can also impact your fertility. These ar...

Endometriosis or Endo (as it is commonly called), is a condition that many infertile women suffer from. However, the connect between infertility and endometriosis is very complex. Endometriosis is an enigmatic disorder which affects women of reproductive age. It occur...

 Superovulation is one of the most important steps in an IVF cycle. In order that you be superovulated properly, we first have to downregulate you. Take a look at why this has to be done and how it is done.                           Superovulation – This helps you gr...

Once a patient reaches the embryo transfer stage, she gets very excited. This becomes a very major milestone in the treatment. Their hopes are very high because they have been able to make embryos and they feel that now their chances of having a baby are very high. Th...

  I recently finished a consultation with a woman who had a very low AMH level. I explained to her that it indicated she had poor ovarian reserve, and might have to consider using donor eggs. It was no surprise that she was upset- She asked me how this could be the cas...

Polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS), also known as PCOD (polycystic ovarian disease) is a very common cause of infertility. The women who suffer from this have small ovarian cysts which get formed when there is a disruption in the regular changes of a normal menstrual...

When it comes to doing IVF, different patients have different concerns and a major one that most women have is that the IVF injections will hurt. They are aware that they will have to take IVF injections for several days; it’s not surprising that women don’t really lo...

When people think about infertility, they think of a childless couple. However, there are quite a few couples that already have one child, try to expand their family with another child, but find that they are unable to. This is called secondary infertility; it’s the i...

If you have to travel to India for IVF treatment, you don’t really have to bring your husband along with you. All you have to do is bring his frozen sperm sample with you in a special dry shipper. If this is something you don’t want to do yourself, you can simply get...